After a ten-year tenure, today is my last day at LinkedIn. To say it’s been transformative would be an understatement.
In 2012, I joined as an Associate on the Business Operations team, after Laura Dholakia and Dan Yoo took a chance on me (despite wearing a full suit to the interview). In 2014, I ran into Matt Sonefeldt, who encouraged me to email then-CEO Jeff Weiner before I left for business school at Stanford. Jeff invited me to his office that same week, and shortly thereafter offered me the role of a lifetime: Chief of Staff to the CEO. Without hesitating, I turned down business school, and didn’t look back.
During the Chief of Staff experience, I had a front-row seat to world-class compassionate leadership, during both the good times and the hard times. I helped drive our $26B acquisition with Microsoft, co-leading the subsequent integration efforts with Ben Witt, and I drove operational initiatives across the company as we scaled the business.
Along the way, I shared my experiences with almost 400,000 current or aspiring Chiefs of Staff across the world (thank you Tanya Staples for the course idea). Together, we dreamed big, got things done, and knew how to have fun :)
Looking forward, I’m grateful to deepen the partnership with Jeff as we build Next Play Ventures, coaching and investing in entrepreneurial leaders building world-class, purpose-driven organizations.
Lastly, this experience would not have been possible without the vision of our founders, including Reid Hoffman and Allen Blue, as well as all the employees, members, and customers who helped make LinkedIn what it is today.
Thank you, and Next Play!
